# Some reasons for Ableton Live crashes **URL:** \ **Category:** Scaler 2 General Discussion\ **Tags:** AbletonLive\ **Created:** [November 12, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/some-reasons-for-ableton-live-crashes/15009 "2023-11-12T09:59:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ClaudioPorcellana](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/claudioporcellana/32/14242_2.png) [@ClaudioPorcellana](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/ClaudioPorcellana)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/some-reasons-for-ableton-live-crashes/15009/1 "2023-11-12T09:59:10Z")
I found some things that crash it I hope my tips can be useful 1 - 32 bit plugins, possibly used with iBridge, and/or non-standard plugins 2 - Instant instrument swapping 3 - Closing the project with the X, and/or closing it too fast The first thing is easier to fix: you only need using modern and reliable plugins The second requires a change of habit, but as far as you get it, there are no more fatal crashes (so far 🥶) In practice, let’s say you start with a routing like the one below ![Cattura](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/scalermusic/original/2X/2/2ccef012571e12789649fa8d53f5dc7d15adb013.jpeg) And then you realize another guitar is better In Bitwig Pro I clicked the button showed by the red arrow to change the instrument on the fly, but if I do that in (my) Ableton Live 11 (and my previous releases, very likely) the DAW crashes So now I don’t use that button anymore: I stop the song, then I D&D the new instrument over the old one I suspect that the 3rd issue (and possibly the 2nd one) is due to the fact Ableton Live doesn’t like to be closed while it is doing something (like dumping a project in Temp folder maybe, or something similar); So now I save the latest changes made, then I click on File \> Exit That’s all for now P.S: I asked Ableton support if my analysis makes sense, and I’ll report here their reply